Window shade pull



June 3,1952 G. B. c. MILLER, JR

WINDOW SHADE PULL Filed Aug. 14, 1951 FIG. 3.

Z4 INVENTOR 650005 a c. MILLER, J0.

ATTORNEYS Patented June 3, 1952 invention relates a windowshadepulladapted for attahin'nt to thei'shade stick hem of aeonventionauy rormed fabric or paper" windowshade." V v 1 An importantobject of the present invention is' ta; provide a w nds isnade "pulr soterme as to 'nrqtect theshagie from-taf na -emailed: bn raising gthe-shade or by'a eminence extending a gu ari from thes'hade; a t Afurther 'importahjt 'objectfis i; provide a shade pu11 that whiteeasemeof; being mam; facturedfat yery l vi ci:ost;- 'fioiir' n'ia terial which would ordinarilfbe discarded by the marin facturerfaswasteir I o Yet another "obj'ct-f'is to" provide a pull ofthe; typestatedff'sddesigned as to permit its application to wine-w shaaesa reaay in use;the b ll being' adapted-forapplicatfdiit he shade with acme, I I

material adapted to be folded 'ifiedi fly upon itself to define a pairof side'wall's connected at one end: there0f,' with l's'aid side wallshaving lower portions jdisposedfinrace to face 'contact below and in:the plane "oftfiesh'ade to" provide a" convenient tab "'nie x'nbeif'whereby' the' shade maybe' gripped t'o' rais'e'f'and lower the same,saidside walls further havifng upp side wanpers tions divergihg f'romthe-"lower portionsm em bracing relationship to the shade stick hem andadapted to beconfonn'edlbj ;reasonof the flexible nature" thereo fft'othe cross sectional "configura meats-thepartiul'ar' shade stick henitowhich the device is applied.

Stillanotherobject to provide a tab support foru se with the-tabrererred toj above, that will be also formed dfffiexihlematerial so asto be capable of 7 being conformed m the cross a sectionalflconfiguration of the shade stick hem, and whichi'will 'beadapted to reinforce" the hem in the vicinity 'of'thepulltab." I W Otherobjects will appear from the following description, {the claims appendedthereto, and from the annexed; drawing, in which like reference"characters designate like: partsthroug'hout the 9 I?* ..Y 31. WWI??Figurel isa side 'elevational view of a pull tab and its assoeiatedta bsupport,,. as they appear when ap'pliedto theshade stick hem of aconventional window shadezsald shadefand hem being illustratedfragmentarily-"and in side ele- Vation; H

Figure.. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on 1ine,2 --2 of Figurel; o. i

Figure 3j i's' a plan view of the blank from which the'tab supportis'formed; in'wh'ich one corner is turned up to show the opposite face ofthe blank;

igure. 4e; ,.i, man an 1: 'f:..t new 1am: mum which the tabis formedspacedteomers ofcs'aid: tab blank;- bein'g tumedhupwardly to illustratethe opposite-face of tnablanr a.

Figure: 5 is a fview similani Flgurm1,;.showingz a modified;means-ofattaehing the tab support.

and tab to. the shadeyzrand 5; ;i Figurefi isaview similar to gut h wganothermodifie'd' -.meansfor-*l-attach-ing the t support and tab to theshade Referring-to'thedrawing: oughly conventional-window; been illnsetrated fragmentarily inthe d-sawingswmnda generally designated- IO.Along -it'sbotto wedge the shade is formed with a' -shade sticiehemrrtiz? said hem being formed 'byfoldi'ng the lower edgei:

, portion- Of theshade upon itsel nldztsecuringi the foldedportion-by-imeans of a longitudinal. series of stitches ll.

Positioned the ShadBSfiCk-'-"h6mZ is; shade stick Ha; which maybe-ofany-revues sec tional configuration and whicmas wilt stood,conforms the oppositeside's ofi thee-hem: to a-cross sectional shapecorrespdndingfi' to the cross se :tional shape of the opposite sideso'fsaid stick -.i 11:"

ir i- The invention includes a tab suppont genenally': designated" 18;said tab= support-being generally rectangular when viewed in blank-asifime;y ;.sbez readily noted from Figure 3, and being preferably;provided with rounded cornersr-Th "ah support, ii -this connection;is-form flexible? rnaterial'l throughout,--and camih fact be formed: ofthe same material as that-"used in tliei-meimu-a facture of the shade.As aresulwthemanufacte' tuner is enabled -to-- form the tabsupno'rfifrom: scraps or remnants offshadematerial that might; otherwisebe discarded- T" i In the formof the inventiomfiillus'tratedwaim Figures1 to 4 inclusivemhe tab support;omrone face thereof, is provided with--adhes-ive material 20. Accordingly the tab support-maybeQfdldd: uponitself medially between-oppositeendsthezfee-rv of, sopa's to extendaround-the shade stic "anda the shade stick hemin embracingrelation-therto. By reason of the flexible nature-df themae terial from which the tabsupport-is formed; the; supportj is conformed to; the cross sectional:configuration; ofthe shade stick i'hem as be: readilynotedfromFigureia'.

After having; been positioned relative to the hem, as illustratedinFigures 1 and 2; Hie-stab support is' adhesively secured to the h'em.-

A pull tab has been generally'designated and is alsp generallyrectangularin blank; the pull tab being formed with round'edf-cornersl'4 Intermediate opposite ends of the pull talisaid tab is formed withopposed notches 24 aligned? transversely of the pull tab blank, andrespectively having rounded or curving side walls.

Extending between the apices of the notches is a score line 26, alongwhich the blank may be folded upon itself.

When the blank is folded uponitself, it appears as illustratediniFigures 1 and 2, and the folding of the blankdefines a pair of sidewalls equal in length and width, the respective edges of which registerwith one another. Each side wall is formed with a lower side wallportion 30, the respective wall portions 30 being disposed in face toface contact with the another as seen from Figure 2, and beingadhesively secured in this relationship through the provision ofadhesive material 28 provided upon i obliquely to the plane thereof,which obliquelyor angularly exerted pull might tend to tear the fabric.of which the shade is formed. Further, the gripping of the dependingtab portion defined by the wall portions 30 eliminates the possibilityof the fabric of the shade being torn or soiled as it otherwise might beif gripped directly by thehand of-the user. a

The lower side wall portionsupper sidewall portions 32, that divergeupwardly from the lower side; wall portions (Figure 2),

into embracing relationship to the opposite sides of the shade stickhem. By reason of the flexible nature of the upper side portions 32,said pore tions are conformed to the cross sectional configurationof thehem, and-are adhesively secured to the opposite sides of thehem=throughthe medium of the adhesive material 28.

I believe that it will be apparent that the particular formation of thetab support and the tab is such as to permit them to be applied to ashade stick hem of any cross sectional configuration, without necessityof changing the design or material or dimensions of said support andtab. a

, Referring to Figure 5, a tab support l8 and pull tab 22 are formedidentically to those illustrated.

in. Figures 1-4. However, in this instance the adhesive material 20, 28is not used. Instead,

the tab support is secured to the material of the hem l2 by meansof amarginal row of stitches 34. Thereafter, the pull tab is secured to thetab support through the provision of a marginal series of stitches 34,extending peripherally of the upper side wall portions 32.

1 In Figure 6, a second ,modified means of attaching the support andpulltab to the shade is illustrated. In this instance, the tab supportis secured to the hem by means of staples 36, and the tab is secured tothe tab support and hem by a single staple 36. Obviously, the staples 36can extend not only through the fabric from which the hem is formed, butdirectly into the shade stick, thus to provide a rigid, strongconnection of the device to-the window shade.

It is believed clear that the invention is not necessarily confined tothe specific useor uses thereof described above, since it may beutilizedfor any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to belimited to the specific construction illustrated and described, sincesuch construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principlesof operation and the means pres- 30 merge into I throughout conformed tothe cross sectional-cone ently devised to carry out said principles, itbeing considered that the invention comprehends any minor changes inconstruction that may be permitted within the scope of the appendedclaims.

' What istclaimed is: I

'1. A window shade pull'including 'atab of flexible material foldedmedially upon itself to define a pair of side walls of equal lengthinterconnected at one end thereof,- said side walls having lower sidewall portions contiguous to the connected ends of the side walls andjoined in face to face contact for disposition in the plane of a windowshade below the shade stick hem thereof, said lower portions merginginto upper side wall portions, said upper portions diverging upwardlyfromthe lower portions ingembracing relationship to said hemtandadapted-byv the flexible nature thereof to be conformed to the crosssec: tional configuration of the hem.

2. .A window shade pull including ,a' tab: generally rectangular in;blank and formed of flex: ible material throughout, said tab beingtransversely folded upon itself vmedially between its ends to define apair of side walls equal in length and equal in width and integrallyinterconnected at one end thereof, said-side walls being'formedintegrally with lower side wall portions contiguous to the connectedendsthereof said lower portions being joined in face to face'contact fordisposition in the plane of a window shade below the shade stick hemthereof, said lower portions merging into upper sidewall portions .whichdiverge upwardly from the lower portiong in e1 n.

bracing relationship to said' hem andadapted by the flexible naturethereof to be conformed to the cross sectional configuration of therespective sides of'the hem. T

3. A window shade pull including agenerally rectangular tab support ofmaterial flexible figuration of and embracing the shade stick hem of awindow shade; and a tab ofmaterialflexible throughout and generallyrectangular when viewed in blank, said tab -beinig transversely foldedupon itself medially between its endsto define a pair of side wallsequal in length'and' equal in width, integrally intereonnected at oneend thereof, said side walls :being integrally formed with lower sidewall portions, contiguous to the connected ends thereof, saidlowerportions being joined in face to face contact for disposition in theplane of a window shade below the shade stick hem thereof, said lowerportions merging into upper side wall portions and diverging upwardlyfrom the-lower portions in embracing relationship to said tab supportand adapted by the flexiblenature thereof to be con-- Number Name303,332 Snell Aug. 12, 1884 respective sidestof the Ewing Jan. 11, 1916

